1912 - ANC formed and made the decisions to embrace the armed struggle (after Sharpeville Massacre)
Government Response:
ban the ANC and other African Nationalist groups
ANC forms Military Wing (Umkhonto we Sizwe - Spear of the Nation)
Nelson Mandela and

Introduction to African American
Studies
Fall 2014
014:111
Conklin 346 MW: 10:00-11:20 am
The Ring Shout in an African American Praise
House.
Course Objectives
Think of this course as a foundational brick in
American history comprehension. Here you will
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Introduction to African American Studies(Exam Date: Oct. Fall
15) 2014
Your midterm exam will contain four parts. The first section will consist of multiple choice
questions. The second part will include true/false questions. The third will contain short

African American Studies Historiography
Assignment
Fall 2014
Due
Date:
Nov. 24
We have spent a good amount of time now discussing historiography, and collectively dissecting
the arguments of major scholars of African American studies. In our analysis of t

Completing your document Analysis Paper
The historian acts as a scientist of the past. We base all of our arguments and theories about the past on
our empirical evidence. In short, we mine the caves of the past, the letters, diaries, paintings, recordings